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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, I919.

Patented Oct. 28, I919.

INI/ENTOR L 07775. 1 1 4 BY %4v6l ATTORNEYS LOTTIE HAAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

Application fi1ed February 27, 1919. Serial No. 279,539.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lorrrn HAAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined soap holder and mop used as a household utensil.

@ne of the objects of my invention is to provide a combined soap holder and mop so that soapy water may be supplied directly to the mop while the latter is in use.

With this and other objects in view, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing the figure represents a vertical cross section through an illustrative form of my invention, it being understood that the shape in the plan will preferably be round but may be of any preferred form.

The corresponding parts are referred to both in the drawings and in the specification by similar reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, 10 is a first member which in the illustrative form of my invention is a continuous piece of metal bent at the top as shown, and having inserted between its two portions the upper edge of a second member 11 which is bent outwardly at the lower portion so as to pr0- vide a space between the lower parts of 10 and 11. The two members 10 and 11 when thus joined, constitute a form to which is attached any suitable handle as 18, in any wellknown manner. The form comprising the members 10 and 11 constitutes the upper portion of a boX of which the bottom is preferably formed of a foraminous material 15 such as wire netting or the like, with its upper edges inserted in the space formed between the members 10 and 11. Covering the bottom of the box 15 is a mop fabric 16 having long threads or loops 17 attached thereto. The edges of the fabric 16 are also inserted in the space between the members 10 and 11 and then members 10 and 11 are squeezed together to hold the bottom of the box and the mop material in place. As illustrated, the mop material or fabric is pervious to water.

I provide a foraminous cover 12 for the box, preferably hinged at 13 with the center portion of the box formed preferably of a foraminous material 14, such. as wire netting.

In use the cover 12 is open and bits of soap or other soluble cleaning material is placed in the box and the cover closed. Then, when the article is used in washing dishes or the like, .a stream of water is per mitted to flow down through the openings in the cover 12 through the soap and from thence through the mop material, the article being held by the handle 18- at this time and used as an ordinary mop to clean any article over which the mop material may be rubbed.

It will be obvious that so far as the article is a mop it may be used precisely the same as the ordinary type of mop, but that by reason of its construction, this mop may be at all times supplied with a continuous stream of soapy water.

The specific construction of my novel article may be varied within wide limits. While I prefer to make the cover and bottom of the boX of ordinary wire screen, it is obvious that it may be constructed of any suitable material, the only essential being that both the top and the bottom may be perforated to permit water to be passed through the boX.

It will also be obvious that any form of cleaning material may be used as the mop material, and that the form which I have illustrated is simply one of a large number of fabrics which may be used for this purpose.

Tt will. also be obvious that the specific shape of the article may be varied widely according to the particular use to which it is to be put.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States is A hand m P, comprising a soap box, having an openable top and a body portion, a mop material attached to the body portion and covering the bottom thereof, and a handle rigidly attached to the body portion. and projecting out to one side, said top and said bottom being foraminous and said mop material being adapted to permit liquid to pass from the box through the material, whereby a stream of water may pass through the box from top to bottom and thence through the mop material.

LOTTIE HAAS.

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